September 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



731 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



McGBAW ANNUAL SALES CONFERENCE. 



THE McGravv Tire & Rubber Co. held its annual sales confer- 

 ence on August 2 and 3, all branch and district managers 

 gathering at the home office, East Palestine, Ohio. Sales 

 policies were carefully discussed and it was decided to continue 

 the successful method of selling exclusively through jobbing chan- 

 nels. Increased warehouse facilities are being arranged for at 

 important distributing centers to care for the growing demand 

 for McGraw, Pullman, Imperial and Congress tires and tubes. 



The executive changes in the company's personnel are as fol- 

 lows : .R. E. Hayslett, formerly connected with the Timken 

 Roller Bearing Co., has been made assistant to John Morgan, 

 vice-president and treasurer. R. G. Nelson, formerly assistant 

 sales manager, is appointed director of sales, assuming direct 

 control over all general office and branch sales. F. C. Strayer 

 has become Atlanta district manager. 



RUBBER COMPANY DIVIDENDS. 



The Hood Rubber Co. paid a quarterly dividend of 1J4 per 

 cent on August 1 to stockholders of record July 26; also a 1 per 

 cent dividend on August 15. 



The Amazon Rubber Co. has declared a dividend of 3^ per 

 cent on preferred stock, payable September 1 to stockholders of 

 record August 20. 



The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., has declared a regular quarterly 

 dividend of $1.50 per share, payable September 15 to stockholders 

 of record August 31. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. has declared a dividend of l-ji per 

 cent on preferred stock, payable October 1 to stockholders of 

 record September 21 ; also 1 per cent on common stock, payable 

 November IS to stockholders of record November S. 



The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. has 

 declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1)4 per cent on pre- 

 ferred and l.'X per cent on common stock, payable September 29 

 to stockholders of record September 15. 



RUBBER COMPANY SHARE aUOTATIONS. 



The following market quotations of shares of rubber manu- 

 facturing companies on August 25 are furnished by John Burn- 

 ham & Co., 115 Broadway, New York City, and 41 South La 

 Salle street, Chicago, Illinois. 



Bid. Asked. 



Ajax Rubber Co. (new J 65 69 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., common 115 118 



Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., preferred 102 105 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., common 48 49 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., preferred 104 105 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., common 185 190 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., preferred 105 107 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., common 44 48 



Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., preferred 87 95 



Miller Rubber Co., common 165 175 



Miller Rubber Co., preferred 102 104 



Portage Rubber Co 145 150 



Su-inehart Tire & Rubber Co — 60 



United States Rubber Co., common 61 62 1-.. 



United States Rubber Co., preferred 105 109 



PETLEY RUBBER COMPANY ABOUT TO OPERATE. 



The Petley Rubber Manufacturing Co., notice of whose in- 

 corporation appears elsewhere in this issue, has purchased out- 

 right the entire machinery and equipment, together with all 

 material, dies, molds, etc., of the Oldtown Rubber Co., of Xenia, 

 Ohio, and these are being moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 where the Petley company will occupy the preinises at 241-247 



Oregon street. New machinery is being added to that purchased 

 from the Oldtown company and operation at the Milwaukee plant 

 will commence early in September. 



L. M. Bickett, former superintendent of the Oldtown Rubber 

 Co., together with D. A. Bickett, of the same company, have 

 joined the Petley forces at Milwaukee. 



John H. Diehl. 



THE MASON TIRE & RUBBER APPOINTMENTS. 



John H. Diehl has been appointed general sales manager of 

 The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio. Starting with The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. in 1894, he later 

 served successively as manager of the 

 Philadelphia and the Buffalo branches 

 of that company. He joined the Port- 

 age Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, at the 

 time of its organization in 1912, as 

 salesmanager, and has been with that 

 organization in the position of manager 

 of sales for the last five years. 



George C. VanVeen has been ap- 

 pointed manager of the new direct fac- 

 tory branch of the Mason Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., which has recently been opened 

 at 2120 Michigan boulevard, Chicago, 

 Illinois. He will also have charge of 

 sales of Mason tires for the entire cen- 

 tral district of the United States. He has been manager of the 

 Kansas City branch since it was opened and his work there was 

 so successful that he has been given the promotion to Chicago. 



Mr. VanVeen started his business 



career in the automobile industry in 

 New York City, but soon entered the 

 tire field with the Ajax-Grieb Rubbe.r 

 Co., New York City, being located in 

 the Middle West. He left this concern 

 to enter the retail tire business in De- 

 troit, Michigan, later selling out to be- 

 come associated with the Mason com- 

 pany, whose business has shown splen- 

 did growth in the territory of which 

 Mr. VanVeen has had charge, and the 

 steadily increasing business is largely 

 due to his energy and knowledge of -the 

 business. 



H. C. Smith has recently been appointed manager of the 



Kansas City branch of the Mason Tire & Rubber Co., succeeding 



Mr. VanVeen. Mr. Smith has been a 



salesman with the Kansas City branch 



^^^^ since it was established, and his 



^■JUJ^^ advancement to the position of branch 



r ^m manager is due to his very suc- 



j| cessful record. He has had many years 



m of successful experience in the ruhlier 



• business. - For five years he was with 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, 



and knows the trade in the West and 



Southwest thoroughly, particularly in 



the states of Missotiri, Kansas, Neliraska, 



Oklahoina, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado 



and Wyoming, and this acquaintance, to- 



H. C. Smith. gether with his experience in the Kansas 



City branch, makes the appointment 



specially appropriate. 



G. C. V.\nVeen. 



